Female pioneers of modernism shine in Irish art sale
Irish art collectors are spoiled for choice with upcoming sales in Bonham’s, Whyte’s and Adam’s featuring a wealth of local and international talent across painting and sculpture
Jack B Yeats
Irish art sale: Standing room only anticipated at live auction return
Camille Souter, Mary Swanzy, Roderic O’Conor and Louis le Brocquy are among the highlights at deVere’s Irish art sale
Private collection of ‘art whisperers’ Mary and Alan Hobart comes to market
Christie’s to sell 200 works by artists including Jack B Yeats, Eileen Agar and Mary Swanzy
Irish art by Hughie O’Donoghue, Jack B Yeats, Paul Henry, William Orpen and Louis le Brocquy hits the market
Dealers say demand for Irish art remains very strong, as about 300 works come on sale in September
Local history: Cartoonish cruelty betrays a fundamentalist who would not cotton on
The Reverend Psychopath: Suffer Little Children, Terror, Tears and Tragedy: The Mount Cashells and the Notorious Divorce Case of 1876, and Under the Metal Man: Sligo in Yeats
National Gallery puts education and conservation at centre of new strategic vision
Gallery marks 170th year with plans for scientific laboratory to conserve collection, including Jack B Yeats paintings
Distinctively Irish, creatively modern: Roy Foster on Sarah Purser, the most successful portrait painter of her day
The artist is the subject of a new exhibition at the Hugh Lane, the Dublin gallery that she helped to inspire
Distinctively Irish, creatively modern: Roy Foster on Sarah Purser, the most successful portrait painter of her day
The artist is the subject of a new exhibition at the Hugh Lane, the Dublin gallery that she helped to inspire
‘Now, 90 per cent of our business is online’: Rare books to satisfy the mind
Dublin booksellers have works by Jack B Yeats, JRR Tolkien and Thomas Kinsella for sale. Meanwhile in New York, a Warhol/Basquiat showstopper is expected to sell for $18m (€17m)
The story of how Jack B Yeats won Ireland’s first Olympic medal ... in painting
In Paris in 1924, Yeats’s painting The Liffey Swim took the silver medal in the art competition and gave a country that was just over 18 months old a treasure that has lasted a century
Pilgrim Soul: Readable portrayal of the enigma of WB Yeats
Daniel Mulhall covers the main elements of the poet’s life from his fascination with the occult to his relationship with fascism and eugenics
John Lavery masterpieces dominate London sale
Seven works in all by the artist are featured at Sotheby’s
A choice of Yeats and a double-sided Paul Henry to be auctioned this month
Both an early and late Jack B Yeats feature alongside a double-sided Paul Henry - which could be split in two - in Adam’s Important Irish Art sale
Ballina’s 300th birthday: RHA celebrates with art inspired by the west of Ireland
Plus: a new initiative to encourage a more diverse nightlife in towns and cities across the country
Take your pick of Jack B Yeats on sale this May
From oils to watercolours, Adam’s and Whyte’s have 12 offerings by Ireland’s foremost artist
Neglected reputations: The forgotten Yeats sisters, Lily and Elizabeth
Somewhat overshadowed by brothers WB and Jack, the sisters were a key part of the Celtic Revival and powerhouses behind Dun Emer and Cuala, creative outlets for female writers and artists
National Gallery board members ‘concerned’ by €1.5m price for Jack B Yeats painting
Minutes of meetings show reservations about purchase price of Yeats’s Bachelor’s Walk, In Memory
Two Pears by William Scott leads Morgan O’Driscoll’s online sale
Separate sale at O’Reilly’s features 20 pieces of affordable artworks in the €80-€400 range
Strong prices achieved for Irish art in 2022
Economics come into play, as investors seek out art as a hedge against inflation
Jack B Yeats, a balding Daniel O’Connell and echoes of the west in September sales
Martin Archer Shee’s painting is said to be the only known official portrait to show The Liberator’s receding hairline
Two views of Dublin Bay as painted by one of Ireland’s foremost landscape artists
By a stroke of luck the two paintings were purchased by the same person, allowing them to stay together for the next 150 years
Treasures from Dalkey mansion include imitation-Japanese furniture
Paintings by Jack B Yeats and William Scott also feature in Monte Alverno Sotheby’s sale
Important Irish art works on show at Paris exhibition
Sales mark centenary of the 1922 World Congress of the Irish Race
Lavery, Yeats and le Brocquy beat estimates in first sales of the year
Irish banknotes also beat expectations in strong sale
Step inside the lives of Irish artists through new digital archive
Source at National Gallery of Ireland offers access to over 23,000 records and images
Centenary of turning point in Irish history to be marked
1922 World Congress of the Irish Race announced the Free State to the world
Records broken for Irish art in ‘thriving market’ of 2021
World records for Clarke’s Bluebeard’s Last Wife and Hone’s Composition
Fine festive wines and gifts for art lovers at Whyte’s Christmas sale
Online auction also features watercolours by Wendy Walsh and prints by Jack B Yeats
The year of Jack B Yeats: artist’s 1950 ‘masterpiece’ could fetch record €2m
‘Shouting’ described as one of artist’s greatest achievements ahead of Whyte’s auction
Irish art works from Michael Smurfit’s collection for auction at Sotheby’s
Retired businessman says climate of Spanish home not suited to works of Irish artists
Orpen’s view of ‘a time of debauchery’ in Venice for auction
After the Ball guiding €140,000-€180,000 at de Vere’s as part of ‘outstanding Irish art’ sale
Seen any UFOs in Tipperary lately? A 340-year-old book records sightings
De Burca rare book sale includes book with accounts of ‘something like a ship’ in the sky
Beautiful and compelling story of Jack B Yeats - one of Ireland's greatest painters
The Man Who Painted Ireland examines the life of ‘underappreciated’ artist
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